Velcro 7/27 AMBG=115; +5=97

Wow! And his numbers look okay, eh? Has his food changed?

Velcro has had a dramatic FD story arc here, and I've been thinking of you. How's he doing? How are YOU doing, AE?
 
His food changed last Thursday when we brought him home from the vet hospital. Previous to hospitalization he was eating low carb food, but was supplemented with nutritional gel and olive oil, as I was largely syringe feeding him. At the vet, he ate the diabetic Hills prescription. Since being home, he has eaten Friskies and Fancy feast, trying to figure out which he likes the most. He isn’t being syringe fed right now. I had assumed his reluctance to eat was due to painful ulcers in his mouth caused by gingivitis stomatitis. In hindsight, it was probably mostly diabetes. He was being treated with steroids for the stomatitis, so it is highly possible diabetes was induced by the steroid. I’m reading it’s possible for the diabetes to go away with the absence of steroids (which we will no longer use). I’m doing much better than when he was getting scary low earlier this week. I’m just a bit puzzled because this seems to quick.
 
I feel the same way about those sudden changes -- we've had quite a few here, too. The community here has certainly shown me that it's a marathon and not a sprint, but we have a lot of days that feel an awful lot like sprints. But even my human diabetic friends have told me it took them many months to stabilize, so I guess that's just what it's like being newly diagnosed. Velcro has other factors at play, too, which has to make it all the more complicated to figure out what's going on. Thank goodness you're testing at home, though, because you've armed yourself and your vets with a ton of information you wouldn't have otherwise.
 
Catcat's eyes may be a little green this morning with that nice low number for Velcro -- hope it continues -- FF works great for Catcat, Friskies causes him to run a little higher -- but ECID, every cat is different, sending purrs and chirrups that things are looking good for you
 
Sorry but most of the recent numbers are still outside the normal range. A small amount of insulin is likely needed. Dropping from 0.5 to no insulin may not be giving the pancreas any support and it isn't quite healed yet.
 
Sienne and Gabby (GA) said:
Sorry but most of the recent numbers are still outside the normal range. A small amount of insulin is likely needed. Dropping from 0.5 to no insulin may not be giving the pancreas any support and it isn't quite healed yet.
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While I understand and agree this could be fluky, I also can’t test all day long in the event he falls under 50-60 (which he has done almost every day in the last week unless I held a shot). So it has to be manageable for both him and me.
 
Crista & Ming said:
But I really hope it is what you said: that the steroids are wearing off! Are you doing anything more to manage Velcro's gingivitis stomatitis? I have no knowledge on that issue though.
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Right now he is taking a pain medication and antibiotic. The emergency vet really wants to extract all of his teeth. Right now we are tapped from 5 nights in the ICU, so need to prolong the pain med treatment longer.
 
Fundamentally, what you do is entirely up to you. I'd encourage you to look at your spreadsheet. In the last week, you've have numbers in the reds and blacks. Contrast that with the spreadsheet of a cat that's in an OTJ trial. All of the numbers are normal range. While Velcro may be getting there, stopping insulin too soon means that the pancreas has limited support because the depot is being depleted. You end up having to re-start insulin and it then takes more time to get your kitty OTJ.

Some of the issue may be that Velcro needs dental work and the antibiotic and pain meds are mostly (vs completely) doing their job. (And we all understand the cost of having a kitty spend time in the ICU.) If there's dental inflammation or infection, that may be why numbers are higher. Any stress, whether it'e external or internal will have an effect on BG numbers.
 
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